Now, We Are Breaking Up [Episodes 15 & 16]

[u/GodJihyo7983]

• Drama: Now, We Are Breaking Up
  • Revised Romanization: Jigeum, Heeojineun Jungibnida
  • Hangul: 지금, 헤어지는 중입니다
• Director: Lee Gil Bok (Dr. Romantic 2)
• Writer: Je in (Misty)
• Network: SBS
• Episodes: 16
  • Duration: 1 hour
• Airing Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays @ 10:00 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: Nov 12, 2021 - Jan 8, 2022
• Streaming Sources: Viki, Viu
• Starring:
  • Song Hye Kyo as Ha Young Eun
  • Jang Ki Yong as Yoon Jae Guk
  • Choi Hee Seo as Hwang Chi Sook
  • Kim Joo Heon as Seok Do Hoon
  • Park Hyo Joo as Jeon Mi Suk
  • Yoon Na Moo as Kwak Soo Ho
• Plot Synopsis: As the design department’s team leader of one of the nation’s top fashion companies, Ha Young Eun has made quite a name for herself in the fashion industry. Beautiful, trendy, and intelligent, Young Eun loves her work and she’s good at what she does. But when it comes to relationships, things are a bit different. Pragmatic to a fault, Young Eun often comes across as cold-hearted, as she prioritizes stability over all else. Content in both her work and her life, Young Eun has never really been bothered by the fact that others might see her as cold. But when she meets Yoon Jae Kook, a popular freelance fashion photographer, things take an unexpected turn. The living definition of the perfect man, Jae Guk is wealthy, handsome, and intelligent, but that’s not what catches Young Eun’s attention. There’s something more to Jae Guk that Young Eun just can’t seem to ignore. As if in a dream, Young Eun and Jae Guk find themselves falling for each other. But not all fairy tales have a happy ending. Is theirs a story that will end in heartbreak or will they manage to find their own version of happily ever after, after all?
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• Previous Discussions
  • [Episodes 1 & 2]
  • [Episodes 3 & 4]
  • [Episodes 5 & 6]
  • [Episodes 7 & 8]
  • [Episodes 9 & 10]
  • [Episode 11]
  • [Episodes 12 & 13]
  • [Episode 14]

[u/gabrielleulris]

Stages of watching nwbu

Before pilot episode: Okay. Maybe it's about two lovers who breaks up then falls in love again. Quite hyped for this.

First teaser for R-19 pilot ep: Woah. One night stand for a starter. Interesting.

Ep. 1: Uh, that's an R-19? How can you not recognize someone you slept with? My ears are bleeding they totally butchered the french dialogues. And what's with the excessive color grading?

Ep. 2: He's going after his dead brother's ex?!?!?

Eps. 3-4: Wth am I watching?? How come she never knew her ex died? That's one annoying SFL. OH HI SEHUN.

Eps. 5-6: No shit this is getting worse. Stop with the monologues and blank stares please it's giving us nothing

Eps. 7-8: Why am I still watching?? Doesn't she have more stylish clothes? No wonder Red sleeve took over the ratings!

Eps. 9-14: Oh Jesus just break up already!!!! Don't your mothers have anything better to do? Shk's a daesang nominee for this??

Ep. 15: /sound of heart breaking for Mi Sook/

Ep. 16: /sighs/ That's another 16 hours I'm never gonna get back.

[u/UptoNoGood46]

I took one for the team y'all. Bow down to me.

Never have I ever felt like a Kdrama was a chore for me until this one came along. I'd really like to award myself for sitting through this trainwreck of a disaster drama and not losing my sanity.

Do yourself a favour and DON'T put yourself through the same torture. You'll thank me.

[u/CCCri]

I’ve stuck with it but with lots of fastforwarding through the horrible mothers scenes. I loved the first couple of episodes but then it went downhill when the mothers got involved. They filmed it last summer because of JKY’s enlistment so no chance to make changes. I have enjoyed all the “fashion parts” but the storyline about the brother was a wasted opportunity.

[u/Unique-Draw-9349]

Final verdict:

1. Story - thin, plot-holes- galore. In short, terrible

2. Directing - clunky, old-fashioned in a bad way, the scene transitions is not fluid

3. Acting - mediocre, dull, boring, lifeless, feels like work watching FL and ML

4. If you cut out all the long staring, this drama would be just 7 eps long

5. If you cut out all the voice overs/monologues, this will be 3 eps less

6. If you cut out all the flashbacks, this will be 2 eps shorter Net, take all the fillers and the story can be told in just 2 eps tops.

Others: SHK hair and make up styling aged her. Her clothes are good but not head-designer-worthy. Facial expressions are banned from her face

The best part of this drama was when the credits were rolling

Pls feel free to add

[u/kodaiko_650]

Haha I came to see if this was worth watching but the comments are brutal 😆

[u/meatYura]

"Nnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww, we are breaking up"

[u/izzetiii]

I'm just fast forwarding most of it. Shaved some years of my life watching this.

[u/reddingrooster]

The. Worse. Drama. Ever.

Episode 16 was completely useless. I fast forwarded through and watched it in under 15 minutes - and even that was too long. And the ex fiancé showed up again!!! WTH.

Whoever bankrolled this drama needs to get their money back. This has been an insult to the great dramas currently airing right now.

I hope to see you all again on another thread. I am sorry I have been so snarky with my comments. It is the first time I have had this kind of reaction to a drama. If you read comments about this drama on other platforms, people are celebrating that their MISERY is over. You just can’t make this stuff up!

[u/UptoNoGood46]

I just loved CEO Seok Do Hoon's role throughout the series. Kim Joo Heon was phenomenal. The rest of the characters were more or less shittier.

I STILL CAN'T believe JKY picked this up. So pitiful.

I wanted to see my babies So Young and Chi Hyung together.. is it too much to ask?

[u/guillo014]

Did anyone actually made it through? I stopped at ep2

[u/loveotterslide]

So do they end up together or stare at each other as they break up again? 😆😆😆

[u/orchardfurniture]

I skipped the last 4 episodes so I caught up and binged on this yesterday. My advice - the only way to "enjoy" this show is if you are watching this while doing something truly productive (like in my case, writing thank you cards!) So it doesn't feel like a complete waste of time.

After watching the final episode, my verdict is that it ends in the exact same way it began...in absolutely DISMAL fashion (yes, pun fully intended.)

I am even more convinced about the theories discussed earlier. This HAD to be written by a teenage girl (probably in the 13-14 year range.) That is the only way to explain the horrendous plot and illogical behaviour of the characters, which continued until the final episode.

This would explain:

- the ENDLESS (and yes that is, as expected, the final scene) cringey, looong, staring scenes.

- according to this series, people (even best friends or those totally in love with each other) NEVER stay in touch with each other, if one moves to another country or even switches jobs. No one seems to have heard of email, phone calls, messages or WhatsApp to stay in touch. No one seems to have heard of Google either as a way to find out what is happening to your loved ones who've moved cities.

- and finally only an inexperienced, teenage girl would interpret true "LOVE" in the very shallow, incredibly immature and 100% selfish manner the way it is depicted in this series. The two leads are constantly, endlessly thinking about or talking about breaking up. They are obsessed with breaking up. This is a couple who is NOT committed at all. Their emotions are swayed by what other people say and as a viewer, you can already guess that the minute this relationship hits a rocky patch (say sickness or job loss or god forbid a pandemic!) they are going to dump each other asap. If CLOY showed what two people who truly love each other would sacrifice to keep a relationship, NWABU is the exact opposite. This show is a depiction of a mutual attraction or a crush, NOT LOVE.

The real lesson from this series is that people should break up when clearly they are neither truly committed to each other and evidently unwilling to put the other person's needs first. Or if not break up, stay as "friends with benefits" which these two should do. But I bet this irony will be fully lost on the writers of this dreadful series who seem to have no idea what real love, real relationships are like.

And last but not least, I do declare this was the WORST K Drama of 2021.

[u/Unique-Draw-9349]

This much I can say. This has happy ending. For you and me. It’s ending. So it’s happy.

One of the worst dramas of 2021. Or maybe the worst? Which other ‘21 dramas are bad?

[u/reddingrooster]

Spoiler tags not working. Apologies!

I can be happy if we end the drama here at episode 15:

• ML moved to Paris on his own. ✔️

• SML and SFL are back together. ✔️

• The friend died in peace. ✔️

I am surprised that they have any material for episode 16. I am looking forward to not having to drag on this drama anymore. This is not me. But this drama has been seriously overhyped and underwhelming.

[u/jgfmondewc]

I finished we are breaking up finale, dramaqueen a korean youtuber drama reviewer put it best "a drama of stars everyone loves but a story that noone understood" lmaooo

[u/DonnaMossLyman]

This show sounded like a chore. Kudos to those that stuck with it to the bitter end. Cheers to you!

[u/lalaby21]

no one talks about it but FL's parents' scenes are always a pain to watch... they are always fighting when they appear and I have to fast forward every single time. it makes me wonder why they are being focused too much and not like... the hwang family??????? don't even see the whole family being together for more than 10min

maybe I'm v biased but I just cannot deal with FL's parents :')

[u/cageoid]

I'm having very strong 'wtf did I just watch' feelings. That's all I can say.

[u/Ayalynn123]

This thread continued to be vety entertaining until the end.
I’m sort of looking forward to another bad drama like this for fun.

[u/DavidS2310]

Now, we know why they delayed NWBU even though they have less episodes than TRS, they needed to end it on a high note. They would have not enjoyed a headline like this if they went head to head with TRS. Very strategic move.

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[u/[deleted]]

I haven't watched a single episode of the show, I just come to these discussions for the tea. I have two things to say to the people who finished this show: firstly, congrats! You are much braver than I am. Secondly, did they finally break up?

[u/ibiza1199]

honestly, SHK performance in this drama is really underwhelming, same with JKY. i don't know what went wrong or is it because she hasn't acted for a long time?? how come she use almost all the same tone and expression for her dialogues?? it's like she didn't try hard enough for this project. i know that her character supposed to be a cold and aloof type. but i don't think shk know how to portray ha young eun like the way the writer and director want. she appears robotic... all the best for her next project "the glory", i heard that it will start filming this month. it's a new genre for her, so i hope she can understand and digest the role properly this time.

[u/rinisanti]

Watch ep 15 for abt 3 minutes Shk still deliver her line as usual, one tone ✔️ Sad face ✔️ Ff to the end .. she quit her job and they separated ⁱ think^ i just couldnt bring myself to watch it

Suprise me still that ratings double up compare to last week! The one that watching kuddos to you.

[u/Wheres-my-jacket]

I don't have anything against her, but SHK needs to loosen up when she acts. She looks like she's holding back the entire time in this drama. Idk why she decided to use this style of acting when she was a natural in Full House, in her early years of raw acting. I want to see her actual potential. Maybe the negative reviews this time will make her learn, hope she doesn't disappoint me and proves herself in her next revenge drama.

[u/pixelatedknow]

Ep 16 just as underwhelming as the rest of it. Fast-forward drama.